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Portable alternative to #pragma once

Can somebody tell me a workaround for #pragma once directive support for various compilers?

I want to use in my header something like:

#if _MSC_VER > ... || __GNUC__ > ... || ...

#pragma once

#endif

Maybe it already exists in boost sources or in your code?

Solution

  • Use include guards:

    #ifndef MY_HEADER_H
#define MY_HEADER_H

// ...

#endif    // MY_HEADER_H

    Sometimes you'll see these combined with the use of #pragma once:

    #pragma once

#ifndef MY_HEADER_H
#define MY_HEADER_H

// ...

#endif    // MY_HEADER_H

    #pragma once is pretty widely supported.